New Dragon Quest Title Coming Next Week, Square Enix Says

People play videogames at the Square Enix booth at the Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles in June.

Associated Press

Square Enix Co., the Japanese videogame maker famous for blockbuster role-playing games, plans to announce the latest title from its flagship Dragon Quest series Tuesday, according to a company invitation.

Dragon Quest has a broad and dedicated fan base, especially in Japan. New releases of titles from the main series often generate a frenzy among fans, even pushing up sales of related hardware.

Square Enix, which also owns the Final Fantasy series, earlier this year released a Dragon Quest spin-off title for Sony’s PlayStation 4. Analysts said that pushed up sales of Sony’s hardware, which are robust overseas but had been lagging at home.

The previous main title, Dragon Quest X was released in 2012 and is mainly for Nintendo consoles. The company says it has sold more than 66 million copies of the main series titles so far.

Square Enix hasn’t said which console the new title can be played on, but it announced another Dragon Quest spin-off game for Android and iOS smart devices Thursday.

The company’s stock ended up 1.9%, partly due to expectations of the new title being announced.